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First Extraordinary Session, 2011
SENATE BILL NO. 4
BY SENATOR AMEDEE
CENSUS. Provides relative to provisions in Title 30 which are limited in applicability to
political subdivisions or local areas meeting specified population characteristics.
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 30:2055.2(A), relative to provisions of Title 30 (Minerals, Oil,2
and Gas and Environmental Quality) of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950,3
which are limited in applicability to certain political subdivisions or local areas based4
upon population classifications; to specify applicability to one or more political5
subdivisions or local areas; and to provide for related matters.6
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:7
Section 1. R.S. 30:2055.2(A) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:8
ยง2055.2. Odor nuisance ordinances9
A. The governing authority of any municipality having a population of10
greater than one hundred twenty-f ive thousand persons but not exceeding two11
hundred twenty-five thousand persons as of the most recent federal decennial census12
the city of Shreveport shall have the power to enact ordinances to control and abate13
odor nuisances. Such ordinances shall provide that no person shall cause or allow14
the emission of odorous air contaminants from any single source that result in15
detectable odors.16
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by J. W. Wiley.
DIGEST
Amedee (SB 4)
Proposed law, contained in Title 30 (Minerals, Oil, and Gas and Environmental Quality) of
the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, legislates with regard to classifications of parishes,
municipalities, or other political subdivisions or local areas according to population by
limiting applicability to one or more political subdivisions or local areas as follows:
CITATION/
TOPIC
EXISTING LAW AFFECTED
LOCATIONS
PROPOSED
LAW
R.S. 30:2055.2 -
Authorizes the
enactment of odor
control and abatement
ordinances
A municipality with a
population of 125,000 -
225,000
City of
Shreveport
(2000 census)
City of
Shreveport
(Amends R.S. 30:2055.2(A))